Counters, chits, pieces and more counters...

Hi guys. Any suggestions on creating wargame type counters that are clear and defined at the many zoom resolutions VASSAL provides? I can make some pretty good counters for my print and play boardgames that work just fine but, in VASSAL, they don’t translate well (blurry) at higher zoom levels and are hard to read at the smaller levels. I guess I could design counters for each magnification but that would be a lot of counters since each one has two sides and, another thing is, I don’t know how to implement that mechanic in the VASSAL program (layers?). Any suggestions or assistance will be greatly appreciated!

Make your graphics vector type (svg) instead of raster type (png, jpg, bmp)
using programs like illustrator or inkscape. Scaling/magnification is not an
issue for vector graphics

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Subject: [messages] [Module General Discussion] Counters, chits, pieces and
more counters…

Hi guys. Any suggestions on creating wargame type counters that are clear
and defined at the many zoom resolutions VASSAL provides? I can make some
pretty good counters for my print and play boardgames that work just fine
but, in VASSAL, they don’t translate well (blurry) at higher zoom levels and
are hard to read at the smaller levels. I guess I could design counters for
each magnification but that would be a lot of counters since each one has
two sides and, another thing is, I don’t know how to implement that
mechanic in the VASSAL program (layers?). Any suggestions or assistance will
be greatly appreciated!


Read this topic online here:
https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/counters-chits-pieces-and-more-counters/6333/1

Thus spake rozar5:

Hi guys. Any suggestions on creating wargame type counters that are
clear and defined at the many zoom resolutions VASSAL provides? I can
make some pretty good counters for my print and play boardgames that
work just fine but, in VASSAL, they don’t translate well (blurry) at
higher zoom levels and are hard to read at the smaller levels. I guess
I could design counters for each magnification but that would be a lot
of counters since each one has two sides and, another thing is, I don’t
know how to implement that mechanic in the VASSAL program (layers?). Any
suggestions or assistance will be greatly appreciated!

Use SVG.


J.

Thank you for the info. SVG…something new to learn. :slight_smile: